TORONTO, November 20, 2014 – Three advocates of health research and health innovation were presented last night with the inaugural Research Canada Leadership Award. Dr. Michael Julius, Vice President of Research at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Russell Williams, President and CEO of Canada's Research Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D) and The Centre for Addictions Research of British Columbia received the Research Canada Leadership Award at a ceremony held in conjunction with the Prix Galien Canada 2014 Innovative Drug Product award at the Health Research Foundation(HRF) Gala.